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Caleb2099 t1_j22arve wrote

I mean yeah people shouldn't be downloading apps on their work phones

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9-11GaveMe5G t1_j22b97r wrote

The company I work for doesn't allow this. Why in the world would a government device allow it? I'm hoping this is just codifying existing norms, but I'm sure Gaetz has Teen Tinder on his phone

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ComfortableProperty9 t1_j23v1z0 wrote

I don't know what the regulatory space looks like for the feds but there are regulations for a few different industries that cover mobile security. There are companies out there that just do mobile management for large mega-corps. Tens of thousands of mobile devices under management.

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eldog t1_j24fiue wrote

I did IT for a military contractor and they are not even allowed to install anything without IT doing it and for IT to do it they need management and security approval. I can't imagine how they impose this regulation for a contractor but not for actual Fed employees.

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forcedfx t1_j23y8fn wrote

That was Blackberry's bread and butter.

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eldog t1_j24fp4e wrote

They still use Blackberry UEM to secure iPhones for the gov

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Combatical t1_j248wah wrote

Never thought I'd say this but I miss my blackberry. Touch screens be damned.

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deadsoulinside t1_j24k8tp wrote

At this point you can leverage Microsoft In-Tune to manage app installs for mobile devices and to be fucking honest should already be in place with tight restrictions. If they don't, then we as a nation are fucked as government phones are not being restricted from installing/running any app in the playstores and we already know how many unsafe apps are out there that only get removed later.

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DjangoBaggins t1_j23wlwi wrote

I needed ITs permission to put Spotify on my work laptop...

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atomicpenguin12 t1_j23vmsh wrote

It doesn’t matter how secure your OS is if you voluntarily install malware on it

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atomicpenguin12 t1_j241mh2 wrote

What I mean to say is that TikTok is an invasive piece of software that is literally designed to bypass your phone's security settings and track your data, including location and personal information, even if you specifically don't give it permission to do so: https://old.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/w1i3ik

And an internal investigation of ByteDance, the company that owns and operates TikTok, recently confirmed that they were accessing and using this private data technology to track the physical locations of journalists: https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/bytedance-confirms-using-tiktok-monitor-journalists

That's what I mean when I say that TikTok is malware. As for your other point, I'm not Apple so I don't know why they allowed this incredibly invasive piece of software into their app store. But a piece of software that tracks your personal information even if you deny it permission to do so is malware.

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nicuramar t1_j23fkgt wrote

Depends on your work, of course. But yeah in general not.

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stephanielynn789 t1_j23td01 wrote

Yeah the only exception I could see is social media manager or the equivalent, but do we really want government sponsored Tiktoks anyway? I’m okay with this full ban for TikTok.

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scarabic t1_j2516v9 wrote

Yeah how many people here already work somewhere that block tiktok on the company firewall so you don’t view it at your desk? I’ll bet quite a few.

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whsftbldad t1_j266av0 wrote

Not even just work phones. Any device can be compromised and when attached to a network it can be used to laterally compromise others

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LosCleepersFan t1_j24m4t3 wrote

Government jobs dont do much work tho. So they have things to milk those on the clock hours.

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wgc123 t1_j23vxqc wrote

“Now”? How the eff are people allowed social media on their employer device to begin with?

I suppose my employer doesn’t specifically ban tik Tok, but that’s because only work related apps are allowed. With how cheap and ubiquitous laptops and smart phones are, I don’t se how this even comes up

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EHsE t1_j23w7nr wrote

because each office has one or more press secretaries that manage official social media accounts

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deadsoulinside t1_j24kjfs wrote

> “Now”? How the eff are people allowed social media on their employer device to begin with?

I mean Twitter just had the last president who lived on Twitter before getting kicked off to live on his new social network. Everyone was fine with that, but AOC? Nah, that's just not right..

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minois121005 t1_j253we7 wrote

Wait…Did AOC insight a violent insurrection that I somehow missed?

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deadsoulinside t1_j25sk7g wrote

NO, probably shitty wording. Was meaning that for a while people have bitched about AOC and her social media use while in the government. Meanwhile the same people staring at twitter, waiting for Drumpy to tweet something new.

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wgc123 t1_j256u4h wrote

You could easily argue that ex-president would have been better off if only a specific marketing department had access to social media. You could also argue that with his being the center of the universe and prioritizing loyalty over honesty, competency, etc, that he would be on board with the general idea even if he didn’t think it applies to him

For those cases where the executive thinks they don’t need any filters (I’m looking at you, Musk), I suppose that still fits the criteria of the only exceptions being those whose job it is.

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